Rand Cemetery
Wake County, North Carolina

Directions: From Interstate 40: Exit on 401 S. and drive south about 5 miles
to Tryon. Bear left on Hwy 70S and continue on 70S about a mile to the traffic
light at Timber Road. Turn right on Timber Road continuing for about 5 or
6 miles until you reach the traffic light on Benson Hwy. (Rte. 50) and turn
right(south). About 1-2 mile on the right you will pass New Bethel Church
and cemetery and shortly after that there will be a second church on the
right, Garner Church of God. The cemetery is not visible from the road.

In a grove of trees on a gentle slope above the intersection of Benson
Hwy. And Buffalo Rd., obscured from view by cedar trees that enclose
it, is this little cemetery with just 15 graves. The tombstones are
the thin, fragile ones that tell you they are very old, and the in-ground
markers are also weathered, but the cemetery is immaculate and lovingly
cared for.

I have transcribe from my reading of the tombstones when I visited
the cemetery in January of 2002.